Projectile



-J. H. HAMMER.

(No Model.)

PROJEGTILE.

No. 603,466. Patented May 3, 1898.

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JOHN HENRY HAMMER, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PROJECTILE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 603,466, dated. May 3,1898.

Application filed March 15, 1897. flerial No. 627,629. (No model.)

To all whmn it nuty concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HENRY HAMMER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny'and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inProjectiles,of which the followingis a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inprojectiles, and has for its object to produce a projectile providedwith flanges or wings which will regulate the course of the projectile.

The object of my invention of the abovereferred-to class is to produce aprojectile having curved flanges which will cause the device to travelin any desired direction. A further advantage gained by the curvedflanges is that the projectile can be fired into water, while theresistance of the flanges against the water causes the projectile totravel in a curved line, striking the object from underneath-in case ofa vessel, striking it in the weakest portion. The projectile is usuallysmaller than the bore of the firearm, the flanges have a removablecovering to protect the bore from injury, and the force of theatmosphere removes the covering after leaving the bore.

With the above and other objects in view this invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the severalviews,in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved projectile.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is asectional view taken on line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofthe removable head. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form ofhead. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view on line Y Yof Fig. 5.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 designates the projectile,provided with Wings 2, having a curved portion 3. Said projectile isalso provided with a flange 4, extending at right angles to the wings 3,and formed in the end of the body of the projectile is an opening orrecess 5, adapted to receive alug formed on the removable head, whichwill be hereinafter described.

Referring to Fig. 5, I have shown a modified form, the projectile 6being provided with wings 7, extending longitudinally of the projectileand engaging the flange 12 on the jacket 8, which prevents the wings 7from cutting the bore of the firearm and prevents the rifling of thebore transmitting a rotary motion to the projectile. Said projectile isalso provided with a recess 5 to receive a lug 9, formed on the frontside of the removable head 10. Formed on the periphery of the removablehead is a V-shaped groove receiving a packing 11 to form a tight jointbetween the head and the bore of the firearm.

In using the device shown in Fig. 1 the curved flanges or wings areinclined in the direction the projectile is to curve. This may be donebefore the projectile is inserted in the bore of the firearm. In. eithercase the jacket is used to protect the bore, the flange 12 of the jacketbeing properly spaced when used with the projectile of Fig. 1. After theprojectile and jacket leave the firearm the resistance of the air causesthe jacket and removable head to slide off the wings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a projectile, flanges or wings carried by saidprojectile, a protectingjacket surrounding said flanges or wings andengaging the same,a removable head provided with a lug engaginganopening in the end of the projectile, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In combination, a projectile provided with wings or flanges, aprotecting-jacket engaging said flanges, and' a removable head engagingthe rear end of the projectile, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY HAMMER.

Witnesses:

W. H. TIMMERMANN, THos. M. BOYD, Jr.

